Easter Day - Year A
CALL TO WORSHIP (from Psalm 118)
Give thanks to the LORD, who alone is good;
whose steadfast love is everlasting!
Let the gates of righteousness be opened
that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD.
This is the gate of the LORD;
the righteous shall enter through it.
This is the day that the LORD has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Gracious and eternal God,
Let the silent mystery of your Spirit
surround, sustain and excite us.
Transform our gathering to your glory,
and perfect our worship for your praise.
We pray in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
CALL TO WORSHIP PSALM 118:1 ,2, 14-24
Give thanks to the LORD, who alone is good;
whose steadfast love is everlasting!
The LORD is my strength and my might;
the LORD is my salvation.
Let the gates of righteousness be opened
that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD.
This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it.
I thank you that you have answered me
and have become my salvation.
The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.
This is the LORD's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.
This is the day that the LORD has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Click here for some ideas for worship in Lent and Easter.
The purple of Lent has gone. A simple basis for creativity and symbols during the Easter season could be a swathe of white and/or gold/yellow cloth flowing over the front of the worship/communion table and onto the floor.
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Psalms
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HYMN SUGGESTIONS FOR EASTER DAY |
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| A man there lived in Galilee | TIS 235 |
AHB 176 |
| I know that my Redeemer | TIS 202 |
AHB 299 |
| Jesus Christ is risen today | TIS 362 |
AHB 280 |
| Praise the Lord with joyful cry | TIS 97 |
AHB 108 |
| Ye gates lift up your heads | TIS 12 |
AHB 286 |
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Acts 10:34-43 |
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| Hail, our once despised Jesus | TIS 373 |
AHB 295 |
| I danced in the morning | TIS 242 |
AHB 183 |
| O what a gift, what a wonderful gift | TIS 278 |
AHB 213 |
| The voice of God goes out to all the world | TIS 282 |
AHBs086 |
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Jeremiah 31:1-6 [alternative] |
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| Come, God's people, sing for joy | TIS 391 |
SA 26 |
| O love of God, how strong and true | TIS 139 |
AHB 75 |
| Jesus, lover of my soul | TIS 211 |
AHB 139 |
| Father, whose everlasting love | TIS 213 |
AHB 142 |
| O the deep, deep love of Jesus | TIS 232 |
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Psalm 118:1-3, 14-24 |
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| Give thanks for the Lord is good | TIS 74 |
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| God is our song, and every singer blest | TIS 646 |
SA 38 |
| Hark the glad sound! the Saviour comes | TIS 269 |
AHB 197 |
| The day of resurrection | TIS 361 |
AHB 277 |
| This is a day of new beginnings | TIS 653 |
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Colossians 3:1-4 |
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| Christ is risen! Shout hosanna | TIS 394 |
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| Christ the Lord is risen today | TIS 370 |
AHB 290 |
| Come, let us with our Lord arise | TIS 375 |
AHB 297 |
| God, you touch the earth with beauty | TIS 610 |
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| He is risen, he is risen | TIS 379 |
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| I bind unto myself today/Christ be with | TIS 478 |
AHB 454 |
| If we have died to ourselves in Jesus | TIS 475 |
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| Now is eternal life | TIS 385 |
AHB 305 |
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Matthew 28:1-10 OR John 20: 1-18 |
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| A prophet-woman broke a jar | TIS 696 |
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| Alleluia, Christ is risen | TIS 395 |
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| Christ is alive, let Christians sing | TIS 387 |
SA 18 |
| Easter glory fills the sky | TIS 388 |
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| He is risen, he is risen | TIS 379 |
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| Jesus Christ is risen today | TIS 362 |
AHB 280 |
| Joyful the morning when Jesus Christ is risen | TIS 383 |
SA 56 |
| Light's reddening dawn gleams through the sky | TIS 360 |
AHB 276 |
| Myrrh-bearing Mary from Magdala came | TIS 660 |
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| Pour out your Spirit from on high | TIS 451 |
AHB 378 |
| The day of resurrection | TIS 361 |
AHB 277 |
| Woman in the night | TIS 661 |
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| Yours be the glory, risen, conquering Son | TIS 380 |
AHB 303 |